I wish I could agree with this, @kimspr3 but I don’t see this issue as a failing of a younger generation, rather as fundamental societal changes. Unfortunately I have encountered far too many ailing individuals who have no support. The world has changed dramatically. I grew up in a town with all my extended family within blocks. In less than a generation there are now no family members in that entire state and even the extended families are spread across the country for jobs, etc. In many of the rural communities I have visited, the town itself is dying, offering no potential support structures and a small aging population.

My upper sixties BIL and MIL have both agreed if one or the other is incapacitated they have the permission to leave.

Caregiving in our country is a huge, often unacknowledged and unmet need.